Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 15th May 2004 08:23 UTC
It is when I read articles like this that I have "my blood all going up to my head" (that's a Greek saying for people that get angry). So apparently, Apple is trying to patent "transparent windows that do a certain action after fading away". While I don't personally find this "innovation/invention" patentable, it's fine with me: Apple is doing the best it can to secure its business (maybe I would do the same if I had shareholders on my back).
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There's a difference between having a patent on MP3 and a patent on "Compression of Music". The former I am for, the latter I am against. Patenting transparent windows is something I am agains, but a patent on Apples implementation is fine.
Unfortunately, I see a lot of these 'global' patents popping up. They're often not about specific implementations, but about ideas.
So basically, I am agains patenting ideas, but for patenting the implementation of an idea.